Sheet metal rooster weathervane. This whimsical weathervane is in very good condition, with some rust and pitting. The stand is new. 19th century, Pennsylvania.
Dimensions: 17½” long x 11” high, (21” high on stand).
Item No. 240245
Price: $1,175.
Comb-back Windsor rocker, Stephen Tracy. The chair sports an old refinish with traces of old paint and a nicely shaped chestnut seat. It is signed underneath, “S. Tracy”. Stephen Tracy was a nephew of Ebenezer Tracy, the prolific Connecticut chairmaker. The chair is in good condition, with an old repair to the center rail and some minor inactive worm damage under the seat. Circa 1800-1820, CT or NH.
Provenance: Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, Colchester, CT.
Dimensions: 40¾” high; 15” seat height.
Item No. 240287
Price: $975.
Sale Price: $750. (Firm)
A hard-to-find matched set of seven 9-spindle bow-back Windsor chairs. The chairs sport a 19th century red paint over the original red, bold bulbous turnings and well-formed saddle seats. They are tight, in good condition and ready for everyday use, with well-worn paint and butterfly repairs underneath two seats. 18th century, New York.
Provenance: Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, CT.
Dimensions: 36” high; 17½” seat height.
Item No. 240297
Price: $6,900.
Diminutive cupboard, cherry. This attractive cupboard sports a red stain, with an applied cornice, a single paneled door over a single dovetailed drawer fitted with period hardware, canted corner columns, and a shaped bracket base. The cupboard is in good condition, with a shrinkage crack in the door and on the proper right side and the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, New England.
Dimensions: 47¾” high x 24” wide, (26¼” wide at the cornice), x 17¼” deep.
Item No. 240277
Price: $1,900.
Sale Price: $1,450. (Firm)
Sewer tile frog. This molded frog has incised features and is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks. 19th century.
Item No. 240262
Price: $295.
Pair of portraits of a sea captain and his wife, o/c, unsigned. The captain is shown holding a spyglass. His wife is holding a bouquet of flowers. Behind her are flowers in a window box and a window looking out at mountains in the background.
A brass plaque affixed to one frame attributes the portraits to George Kennedy, (1818-1870), but experts who have subsequently examined the portraits have attributed them instead to Daniel G. Lamont, (1817-1883). The portraits are in good condition with some repair. Mid-19th century.
Provenance: Peter Tillou
Dimensions: 39” x 31½”; Viewed Area: 33½” x 26”
Price: $23,000.
Paint decorated chest of drawers. The chest sports four drawers, attractively turned legs, a nicely scrolled apron, and the original paint decoration. It is in very good condition, with one drawer lip repair and minor paint wear from age and usage. The brasses are old replacements. Circa 1830, New England.
Dimensions: 38¾” wide x 18¾” deep x 38½” high.
Item No. 240200
Price: $1,800.
Sale Price: $1,250. (Firm)
Hanging candle box. The box sports a lollipop top, an old dark finish and dovetailed construction. It is in good condition for its age, with a repair to the lollipop, an age crack in the sliding cover and the wear and tear expected from age and usage. Late 18th or early 19th century, American.
Dimensions: 22” high x 6¼” wide x 4¾” deep.
Item No. 240259
Price: $450.
Reproduction colonial style two-tier tin chandelier, copper. The chandelier has 14 arms, is not electrified, and is in very good condition. It was made by Jerry Martin, a Pennsylvania blacksmith, and hung in our living room for many years. 20th century.
Dimensions: 31” wide x 28” high
Item No. 130051
Price: $2,500.
Naïve portrait of a boy and girl. The children are dressed in brightly colored clothing. The boy is holding a whip and the girl is holding a doll in one hand and the doll’s bonnet in the other. The portrait is very attractively framed and is in very good condition, marred only by some spotting near the boy’s hat. Mid-19th century, American School.
Provenance: Christie’s, New York, June 16, 1999, Lot 90. (Sold for $8,275.)
Dimensions: 37” x 32”; Viewed Area: 30” x 25”
Item No. 240248
Price: $3,900.
